File:500 CE, recovered ruins, square carved pillar, Deogarh Hindu Dashavatara temple, 1875 photo.jpg

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English: The earliest surviving stone-masonry Hindu temple in north India, variously dated to between 475-525 CE.

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The ruined Hindu Dashavatara Temple at Deogarh dates from the 6th Century of the Gupta period and has well preserved wall panels depicting different myths related to Vishnu. The photo shows a carved pillar, lying on its side on the ground. The capital has the pot and foliage motif and the upper part of the shaft is decorated with medallions containing figures and bands of floral motifs.
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Source http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/c/019pho000001003u00757000.html
Author Beglar, Joseph David (1875)

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